Happy Canada Day 2011!

Wow how time flies!  The last couple of months have been a complete blur, but I think things have finally slowed down a little here and I'm hoping to get some more posting and personal creating done too.

We had a great Canada Day for sure!  Slept in a little and then puttered a bit after getting up.  Got ourselves ready and headed out for the annual celebrations around here before it got too busy!  There was all kinds of fun stuff: crafts, balloons, live music, food, tattoos, face painting, etc!  Spent a couple of hours there before heading back and grabbing some pizza on the way.

We came home and had a relaxing afternoon.  I spent some time ordering pictures online since I'm so far behind in both developing and any kind of scrapping lately it seems.  Have been doing stuff for work, but not personal stuff and I miss it.  I figure pictures are a good place to start.  The boys played video games - all of them!

We had a bbq for dinner and then headed out to the park.  Of course, there was a stop at Starbucks on the way so that the boys could get milk and we could grab a cup of coffee.  Spent a while at the park and manageg to get the boys out of there by telling them we'd come home and roast marshmallows!

George just picked this up after saving enough Save-On pointsto get this for the deck.  It was actually quite fun to sit out there tonight with the fire and roast marshmallows.  It's a self contained propane one and really does give off some heat.  I know where we'll be spending some more time this summer!

Well, better go think about getting some sleep.  Not too much planned for tomorrow really other than Kyle going to karate in the morning. 

Cheers,
Colleen

Summer Fun!

OK, so this is going to be a little bit of randomness today...

I know the summer is whizzing by, but there are still some things I'm hoping to do and looking forward to...

I'm hoping to pick this up again and actually finish it this time.  Ever since having the boys, I haven't done very well with my reading and I do miss it.  I pick up books and keep trying, but never quite seem to finish.  I saw the trailers for the movie and want to see that as well, so I'm promising myself I'll finish the book first!

Also looking forward to doing some camping!  May only be the odd day here and there, but looking forward to it!  We didn't do much last year and really missed it.  Need to get on it though!

Yes, OK, I'm sucked in again this summer!  Having fun watching the houseguests and following all the craziness on Big Brother 12.  The good thing now is that I can PVR it and watch it without all the commericals and can zip through the boring bits!  Who are you cheering for?

Bought a ticket for this for tomorrow night and thinking about how we could spend that $50 million...  It's endless...  Any ideas?!  lol 

We've already done some fun summer things too like the fireworks, water park, the boys had a sleepover at Nana and Grandpa's, and just getting out and playing together.  George is working on teaching Kyle to ride his bike still since he's so tentative, but I think he's gaining in confidence.  Hoping to still get Kyle registered for karate here as well!

I know there's so much more I was thinking about when I started this, but it'll have to do for now... 
Cheers,

Fireworks and Fun!

Wow, so here we are at July 21st already!  The summer is whizzing by and I feel like it just started.  Hard to believe it only another few weeks and we'll be thinking about school supplies again!

We did get out to the Fraser Fest fireworks this past weekend...  The boys were really excited about going as we've gone the past few years.  We used to have this great spot all picked out to watch them, but when we were there last year, we were quite disappointed as we could barely see anything because they had moved the location of the barge they shoot the fireworks from. 

George got out the Google Earth maps and figured out where he thought would be a good place to check them out.  We couldn't get as close to the river as we wanted for safety reasons, but one of the women working on them told us that a little park nearby would be a good place to see them from.  It was perfect because the kids played until the fireworks!  OK, so we all did!  Then, George has packed popcorn and iced tea, so we had snacks and watched the the fireworks - a fun family night!

Yes, Kyle's now at this age where he has a love hate relationship with me taking pictures all the time!  He sometimes asks me to take his picture and then other times, I get "the look"!  He's so very funny these days...

I'm afraid I didn't get the best pictures or very many since my battery was dying and I had forgotten the tripod!  Oh well, it was more the memory of us being there and spending time together that was important!

Looking forward to many more of these...  Love my boys!

Cheers,